depression

Question 1

what is depression?

Answer 1

● a common mood affective disorder

● involves a prolonged and fundamental disturbance of mood and emotion

● in order to be suffering from clinical depression - person should have experienced 5 of the following symptoms and a persistent low mood over at least 2 weeks

Question 1

what are behavioural symptoms of depression?

Answer 1

● disruption to sleep (hypersonic or insomnia)

● reduced activity levels (e.g. can not get out of bed)

● aggression and self harm (in some cases)

● disruption to eating behaviour (appetite/weight may increases/decrease)

Question 2

what are cognitive symptoms of depression?

Answer 2

● absolutist thinking (see an unfortunate event as a disaster)

● attention to negative (focus on negative aspects of current situation)

● poor concentration (unable to stick to a task / make decisions)

Question 3

what are emotional symptoms of depressions?

Answer 3

● lowered self-esteem (may like themselves less)

● lowered mood (may describe self as ‘worthless’)

● anger (leads to aggression / self-harming behaviours)